[ SECRET POST #4218 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4218 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth I and Saoirse Ronan as Mary Queen of Scots in Mary Queen of Scots (2018)]


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[Little Richard]


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[Jane Austen]


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05.
[Joss Whedon, The Nevers]


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06.
[God Eater 2]


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07.
[Anthony Bourdain, Asia Argento]










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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Why would having the correct accent be detrimental to the story?

[(Anonymous)]

Because we would have tremendous trouble understanding it.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I wasn't meaning a medieval accent, as none of the people speak medieval English in films either for that reason. I was wondering why it would be detrimental to the story if her accent were modern French vs Scots?

[(Anonymous)]

But neither option is historically accurate.

[(Anonymous)]

But one is slightly less inaccurate than the other, is what ayrt's point is, I suspect. Otherwise why not just have everyone speaking in a Texas twang? Or perhaps a valley girl California accent? Or ooh, how about Mary Queen of Scots, Fargo-style?

I find it weird, this implication that accents are all or nothing.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think either of them would be less inaccurate, I think they'd be pretty much equally inaccurate.

Otherwise why not just have everyone speaking in a Texas twang? Or perhaps a valley girl California accent? Or ooh, how about Mary Queen of Scots, Fargo-style?

There's no intrinsic reason that you shouldn't do any of those things, it's a stylistic choice.

[(Anonymous)]

Because given the choice between two anachronistic accents, choosing the one that viewers will more readily link with her best-known historical association makes more narrative sense.

[(Anonymous)]

EXACTLY. It's... really weird how some people are acting like you only have two choices, go full historical accuracy or do whatever you want no matter how anachronistic it is. There's a lot of middle ground, folks.